ALLMedicine™ Open Fractures Center

Mar 17th, 2023 - Infection is one of the challenging complications after open reduction and internal fixation for ankle fractures. Previously published case series conclude that Staphylococcus aureus is the most frequent causative microorganism. An unexpected incr...

Mar 8th, 2023 - More than one million Americans suffer an extremity fracture (broken bone in the arm, leg, or pelvis) that requires surgery each year. Approximately 5% (or 50,000) of surgical fracture patients develop a surgical site infection (SSI), which is twi...

Mar 8th, 2023 - Trauma is now one of the fastest growing epidemics globally but low and middle-income countries (LMICs) are more severely affected in terms of cost, disability and death. The high-energy trauma of road traffic accidents and violence often produces...

Mar 3rd, 2023 - Most shaft injuries present no unusual challenges and require nothing more than skillful closed reduction and cast immobilization due to the unique property of the growth potential of the immature skeleton. There is a relatively high incidence of ...

Feb 28th, 2023 - The perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis is evidence-based for the majority of orthopedic surgeries. While the debate of its duration and timing (single-dose versus triple-dose; before or after the intraoperative microbiological sampling) may cont...

Jan 25th, 2021 - Open fractures of the lower limb remain a potentially devastating group of injuries that are challenging to manage. The primary aims of treatment are to optimise limb function and avoid serious complications such as infection and non-union, which ...

Mar 8th, 2023 - More than one million Americans suffer an extremity fracture (broken bone in the arm, leg, or pelvis) that requires surgery each year. Approximately 5% (or 50,000) of surgical fracture patients develop a surgical site infection (SSI), which is twi...

Mar 3rd, 2023 - Most shaft injuries present no unusual challenges and require nothing more than skillful closed reduction and cast immobilization due to the unique property of the growth potential of the immature skeleton. There is a relatively high incidence of ...

Feb 28th, 2023 - The perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis is evidence-based for the majority of orthopedic surgeries. While the debate of its duration and timing (single-dose versus triple-dose; before or after the intraoperative microbiological sampling) may cont...

Feb 9th, 2023 - PrEvention of posttraumatic contractuRes with Ketotifen 2 (PERK2) is a Phase III randomized, controlled, double blinded multicenter trial with 3 parallel groups (Ketotifen 2 mg or 5 mg or lactose placebo twice daily orally for 6 weeks) and a prima...

Feb 1st, 2023 - Antimicrobial coatings of implants are of interest to reduce infection rate in orthopaedic surgery. Demonstration of clinical effectiveness of such coated implants to obtain market approval is challenging. The objective of this article is to defin...

Sep 12th, 2019 - Deep surgical-site infections (SSIs) and septic arthritis are not uncommon after the surgeries for periarticular knee fractures, a meta-analysis of existing research found. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases According to an anal.

Dec 8th, 2017 - Take-Home Points There is a 41% rate of AVN or PTOA after operatively managed talus fracture. Surgical timing does not affect development of AVN or PTOA.

Jun 6th, 2016 - In a standard history or physical examination, there are no particular features indicating nerve entrapment. Absolute indications for humeral shaft fractures with radial palsy are limited to open fractures, vascular injuries, and unacceptable frac.

Apr 11th, 2016 - Robert Glatter, MD: Hi. I'm Dr Robert Glatter. I'm editor-at-large for Medscape Emergency Medicine. I'm talking today with Dr Paul Biddinger about the Brussels attacks and lessons learned from the Boston Marathon bombings. The horrific attacks in ...

Mar 1st, 2016 - A Trial of Wound Irrigation in the Initial Management of Open Fracture Wounds FLOW Investigators, Bhandari M, Jeray KJ, et al N Engl J Med. 2015;373:2629-2641 Summary Is high-pressure irrigation of potentially contaminated open fractures superior ...